Carpi is waiting for what could be the first match-ball promotion on Sunday 28th on the Imolese pitch with the sword of Damocles of the appeal announced by Forlì (which as of the afternoon of April 25th has not yet received the documents from the Lnd and therefore he has not yet formalized the actual appeal). A situation that for the red and white sporting director Riccardo Motta However, it does not affect the mood and spirit of the team in the slightest.
«It honestly bothered us zero. When the news arrived we took charge of the matter very calmly, the team obviously asked for clarification on the matter: they were told what we were going to do and our position and in three seconds they said “ok, let’s go and train” – explains the sporting director of Carpi -. At this moment he counts on something else: there is a great sense of belonging and desire to pedal, the focus is only on the field. The beautiful thing about this moment is the atmosphere you experience, it’s priceless. After everything we’ve been through, the mistakes we’ve made, this group wants to play, train, be together. Just as I feel that the city has this desire to live this moment, that it is in turmoil as it should be. The advice I give to Carpi people is to come and live the moment, stay close to the team, come to Imola. We have never hidden our objective, this working group has given us a lot of sense of belonging and heart first of all outside the field, and today we live in such a beautiful reality that in the future everything about these days will be remembered with pleasure.”
Doesn’t it bother you, however, that the second degree judgment could arrive after Sunday’s match, taking away the team’s chance of a celebration on the field that it would have earned?
«Nothing changes for me, there is no anxiety about finishing as soon as possible precisely because we are enjoying the moment. It doesn’t destabilize because we have always been focused on the 34 days. I have always believed that all the verdicts of the championship, from first place to the playoffs up to relegation and the playouts, would come on the last day, at 5pm on May 5th. We must continue to do what we have always done. When we were 1-2 down with Pistoiese at half-time it was difficult to think of getting here, but something in the unconscious clicked there. And the first to believe it was the president, who deserves credit. Unlike other years, he was the first to persevere, to believe in it. Today we achieved the objective we had: to have a team fighting for the set goal.”
How will Cecotti be managed on Sunday? Will you let him play?
«It’s a purely technical choice. He has a back problem that he has been living with for some time, but the coach decides. He’s a totally usable player.”
What Imolese are you expecting?
«A team that will play its game, young, with great desire, which will have the ambition of playing with a high-ranking opponent. For us it will be a match like the others knowing that it will be another battle like it was with Forlì, in San Mauro, Agliana, San Marino. Nobody gives and should give nothing away. In the end, sport must win.”
In conclusion, should Carpi score 6 points?
«We want to score 6 points, as always, thinking in the meantime of scoring 3 on Sunday because everything goes from there».
